Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstads
| Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstads AB | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Aktiebolag |
| founding | 1867 |
| Seat |
Stockholm , Sweden
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| Branch | Mechanical engineering and shipbuilding |
Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstads AB was a Swedish machine and shipbuilding company based on Liljeholmsvik in Bergsund, at the western end of Södermalm in Stockholm .
history
The company was founded as an iron foundry by Scottish immigrant Thomas Lewis in 1769 and flourished quickly. In 1807, under the direction of the then master craftsman Samuel Owen, it built the first self-developed steam engine in Sweden .
In the 1840s, O. Telander and APL Hamari bought the company and expanded it into a shipyard by building a slipway . In 1860 Bergsunds employed 525 workers and was Stockholm's largest shipyard. Two years later, the wholesale merchant AV Frestadius bought the company. In 1867 the company was converted into a Aktiebolag .
extension
Since the size of the ships built or repaired at Bergsunds through the Slussen lock to Saltsjön was considerably limited, the Finnboda iron and wire works on Saltsjön in Nacka were bought in 1874 and a shipyard for much larger ships was built there. Initially, the system was only intended for repairs, but Bergsunds soon received construction contracts from abroad, especially Russia, and expanded the system accordingly. The first ship built there was the cargo steamer Talmud for Ludwig Nobel in Saint Petersburg in 1882 . In the years up to the turn of the century, the shipyard developed into one of the largest in Sweden, only surpassed by the Götaverken in Gothenburg . Bergsunds built a tank for the Swedish Navy in the 1890s a. a. the armored ships Thule (1893) and Oden (1896) and 1905/06 the only armored cruiser of the Swedish fleet Fylgia . In addition to shipbuilding and ship repairs, the manufacture of cast iron bridges was an important line of business for the company. By 1905 Bergsunds had built a total of 762 rail and road bridges. In the early 1900s there was also the production of internal combustion engines.
After the beginning of World War I , the company ran into financial difficulties because of the severe adverse effects on trade and shipping. In 1916 the Finnboda shipyard was sold to Stockholms Rederi AB Svea.
Bergsunds had to file for bankruptcy in 1924 , was operated after a restructuring until 1929, but then liquidated. The manufacturing facilities were demolished and made way for residential buildings.
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 2 ″ N , 18 ° 1 ′ 37 ″ E
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